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Re: Data-oriented XML [was: Scatter/gather pattern]

• To: Sean McGrath <sean.mcgrath@p...>
• Subject: Re: Data-oriented XML [was: Scatter/gather pattern]
• From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:52:10 -0800
• Cc: "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>, xml-dev@l...
• References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020221084821.01c87ab8@p...> <5.1.0.14.2.20020221144616.01c76b20@p...>

Sean McGrath wrote:
> Yes, this is data-oriented. The difference between data-oriented and
> doc-oriented is primarily (a) homogenous structure, (b) no recursion
> and (c) no mixed content.

Why no recursion? A bill of materials strikes me as classic
data-oriented XML and it's entirely recursive. (I don't think the
difficulty of querying recursive structures with SQL should make them
not be considered data-oriented.)

-- Ron

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  • Re: Scatter/gather pattern [was: New XPipe Presentation Available]
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